Method of generating power-gas.



No. 886,577. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908. H. G. BOYD & W. R. MoKAY.

METHOD OF GENERATING POWER GAS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2a, 1906.

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No. 886,577. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908. H. e. BOYD & W. R. McKAY.

METHOD OF GENERATING POWER GAS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23, 1906.

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HENRY GEORGE BOYD AND WILLIAM ROWLAND MoKAY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

METHOD OF GENERATING POWER-GAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed April 23, 1966 Serial No. 313,317.

T 0 all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY GEORGE BOYD and WILLIAM ROWLAN MCKAY, both subjects of the .King of Great Britain,.residing, respectively, at 6 Palace Gardens Mansions, Kensington, and Coventry House, South Place, both in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to the Method of'Generating Power-Gas, of which the following is a s ecification.

This invention re ates to the generation of power gas, the object being to produce such gas in a simple, efficient, and economical manner, ca a le of being used with facility and safety or various purposes where a driving force is re uired or power is to be utilized, as for examp e, in connection with motors, stationary and locomotive engines, and maohinery generally.

According to our invention, the generation of power gas is effected in an appropriately constructed apparatus such as that hereinafter described,'by the employment of suitable calcareous matter in conjunction with a metal such as iron and an appropriate acid such as sulfuric acid diluted to the requisite stren th. The calcareous matter may 0011- sist o oyster, mussel or other marine shells, or any material consistin of or containing chalk, as for example, w iting. The constituents and proportions of the same for obtaining a gaseous mixture of appropriate composition may be ap roximately as follows: five pounds of she ls and four pounds of whiting to about one pound of iron filings, to which dilute acid is added at a rate proportionate to the pressure of gas required, or the proportion of the iron filings may be reduced to one ounce and e ually satisfactory results obtained. The car onic acid gas that forms a constituent of the gaseous mixtureprevents the latter from being inflammable.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect,

we will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of the general arrangement of the apparatus suitable for our purpose. Fi 2 is a side elevation of the chamber in whic 1 the motive gas is enerated from the aforesaid ingredients and ig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a ratus is able to be set into 0 horizontal section and Fig. 0 tion of the said chamber.

The apparatus comprises a chamber A, )rcferably of metal, lined if necessary with lead or other appropriate substance, and containing spindles a, a, carrying blades or disks (1 with or Without brushes, said blades (1 being adapted to be rotated in the said chamber for keeping the materials therein in con-. stant agitation; and for this purpose the extremities of the spindles may be provided with gear wheels a a, of different diameters, so that the blades are revolved at different speeds and in opposite directions. .One of the said spindles has a sprocket wheel (1 adapted for connection, by chain gearing or the like, with a motor or other driving engine, a convenient form of clutch being provided to throw the gearing into and out of action as required.

The chamber A is provided with an airtight charging door a, and when the charging operation has been com leted the said door a is securely closed and ield in position by a clamping device a. When it is desired to generate gas, the blades or disks a are caused to rotate, and water and acid are run into the chamber from tanks B, B respectively, which are preferably situated so that their contents gravitate to the chamber A, the quantity from each tank being regulated by cocks I), b. The water need not be added simultaneously with introduction of the acid, the amount of each and the order in which they are introduced being effected in accordance with the reading of the pressure gage C and the quantity and pressure of gas required. The gas or gases produced by the chemical reactions within the chamber A collect in the dome A, and are led by Way of an outlet pipe A to a moisture trap D of appropriate construction, and thence to a storage chamber or cylinder E the latter is capable of holding sufficient gas under pressure to start an engine or machine even when the generating apparatus is not in o eration, so that the engine or machine may e maintained in action until said generating appaeration and generate sufficient gas to rovide a further supply to said cylinder Fl It will be advantageous to heat the gases in their passage from the storage chamber E to the working cylinder of the engine or other a vertical secmachine tlo be drivrleon therelzlyband for tthis ur ose t ey'may e passe y way 0 a Stop? valve F, through a heated coil G, connected with the said working cylinder or machine.

Although iron and sulfuric acid have been mentioned as constituents in our rocess for the manufacture of motive gas or uid, we do not confine ourselves to those materials steel may be em loyed together with any other suitable acid or mixture of acids. In some instances the water employed may hold metals or carbon in sus ension.

The a paratus may e provided with al the usua and necessary accessories, such as bloW-ofi cocks, air-tight stuffing boxes for mountin the spindles a in the chamber A, and simi ar devices.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A method of obtaining power as which consists in subjecting a mixture 0 metallic particles, marine shells and whiting to the action of an acid admitted to a closed chamber containing the said mixture, agitating the contents of said chamber and supplyin the gas thus generated to perform usefu l work substantially as described.

2. A method of obtainingpower as which consists in subjecting a mixture 0 metallic particles, marine shells and whiting to the action of an acid admitted to a closed cham-v ber containing the said mixture, agitating the contents of said chamber, supplying the gas thus generated to perform useful work and heating the gas in its way to erform such work, substantially as described.

3. A method of obtaining power gas which consists in subjecting a-mixture of metallic particles, marine shells and whiting tothe action of an acid admitted in regulated quan-- tities to a closed chamber containing the said mixture, agitating the contents of said chamber and supplying the gas thus generated to a storage 0 amber, after removing the moisture from said gas, so that it will be in a condition suitable to er'form useful work substantially as descri ed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses this eleventh day of A ril 1906.

l-IENRY GEORGE BO D.

WILLIAM ROWLAND MoKAY. Witnesses:

T. SELLEY WARDLE, CHAS. S. RUTLIDGE. 

